New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 213

213 Maintenance and inspection of plant

(1) The person with management or control of plant at a workplace must ensure that the maintenance, inspection and, if necessary, testing of the plant is carried out by a competent person.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--40 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--210 penalty units.

(2) The maintenance, inspection and testing must be carried out--

(a) in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, if any, or

(b) if there are no manufacturer's recommendations, in accordance with the recommendations of a competent person, or

(c) in relation to inspection, if it is not reasonably practicable to comply with paragraph (a) or (b), annually.